Excerpt: The UK's Home Office website defines a "hate crime" as "any incident, which constitutes a criminal offence, which is perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hate". To qualify for this definition, it must be shown that the alleged criminal must have been inspired by the victim's "race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality or national origins, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability." The law would allow an alleged victim to define the process based only on what is "perceived".

Each year in the European Union thousands of children are subjected to genital operations without their consent. Most of them will endure substantial psychological and physical damage as a result which will cause lifelong suffering.

A Jefferson County Board of Education committee recommended yesterday that the district's harassment and employment policies be expanded to protect gay and lesbian employees, but not transgender workers.

What did I ever do to hurt you? Nothing, I swear! I thought we were friends! So why is it nearly impossible to pick you up without finding an article that makes fun of and often delegitimizes transgender and intersex identities?